Question for the gamers

magicstix · 09-03-11, 01:45 PM

If you're using only SDL for the graphics it should be a pretty straightforward port...

redtyphoon · 09-03-11, 01:50 PM

The SDL library is the only external dependency. So, yes, porting should be fairly straight forward. However, I don't have a Windows box to compile/test with, which gets in the way.

magicstix · 09-03-11, 01:58 PM

Hmm... I took a look through main.cpp and didn't see anything that would cause trouble under windows. I'll run it through visual studio and see what breaks.

redtyphoon · 09-03-11, 02:08 PM

Most of the code should be fine, I've done my best to keep it to standards. The only place where I think there may be trouble is in files.cpp

The files.cpp module tries to find OpenSSN's data files and checks a couple of different places, including the current working directory. Since files are organized differently on Windows than Linux/BSD this function might bomb. I think it will still compile, but it might not return the correct location. Everything else is pretty vanilla.

magicstix · 09-03-11, 02:10 PM

Which version of SDL are you using? The latest doesnt have the SDL subdirectory tree nor does it have SDL_image.h

magicstix · 09-03-11, 02:12 PM

Nevermind... I didn't know it was a second library.

magicstix · 09-03-11, 02:24 PM

OK thus far the biggest problems in getting openSSN to compile under MSVC are its use of non-standard C functions.

The biggest offenders are strcasestr and snprintf. They're not in the C89 standard (which MSVC uses). I'm working around them at the moment with macros.

The other offender is "unistd.h" which is a unix-only header file. I've gotten around this with #ifndef WIN32..#endif preventing the compiler from attempting to include the header. MSVC supports the types defined in it natively.

CTarana · 02-10-12, 09:50 AM

I would definately be interested in seeing OpenSSN ported over to WindowsXP, Vista or 7. I use XP myself and the last version of OpenSSN I have works great. I have version 0.7. I just installed copies of MinGW C++ and Microsoft Visual Studio 8 for another project I'm working on. I'm trying to teach myself C++ and Visual Basic so I can port an older Visual Basic 5.5 program and finish it!

ChristopherT

magicstix · 02-10-12, 10:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CTarana

I would definately be interested in seeing OpenSSN ported over to WindowsXP, Vista or 7. I use XP myself and the last version of OpenSSN I have works great. I have version 0.7. I just installed copies of MinGW C++ and Microsoft Visual Studio 8 for another project I'm working on. I'm trying to teach myself C++ and Visual Basic so I can port an older Visual Basic 5.5 program and finish it!

ChristopherT

There's already a windows version out there, it's kinda old though...

CTarana · 02-12-12, 01:14 PM

Where do I install the SDL libraries if I'm going to try to use MinGW C++ to try to compile the source code for version 1.1 of OpenSSN?

Mind you this is the first time I've used any sort of compiler!

I'm running on WinXP!

Thanks!

ChristopherT

magicstix · 02-12-12, 08:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CTarana

Where do I install the SDL libraries if I'm going to try to use MinGW C++ to try to compile the source code for version 1.1 of OpenSSN?

Mind you this is the first time I've used any sort of compiler!

I'm running on WinXP!

Thanks!

ChristopherT

If you're using mingw c++ you're probably running under cygwin, correct? In that case you wouldn't be using DLLs, you'd be linking against the .so's.

It'd probably be a better idea to take the source and try to compile it under visual studio.

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09-03-11, 01:50 PM	#2
redtyphoon Sailor man Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 45 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	SDL The SDL library is the only external dependency. So, yes, porting should be fairly straight forward. However, I don't have a Windows box to compile/test with, which gets in the way.

09-03-11, 02:08 PM	#4
redtyphoon Sailor man Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 45 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Porting Most of the code should be fine, I've done my best to keep it to standards. The only place where I think there may be trouble is in files.cpp The files.cpp module tries to find OpenSSN's data files and checks a couple of different places, including the current working directory. Since files are organized differently on Windows than Linux/BSD this function might bomb. I think it will still compile, but it might not return the correct location. Everything else is pretty vanilla.

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09-03-11, 01:45 PM	#1
magicstix Captain Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Nuclear submarine under the North Pole Posts: 481 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	If you're using only SDL for the graphics it should be a pretty straightforward port...

09-03-11, 01:58 PM	#3
magicstix Captain Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Nuclear submarine under the North Pole Posts: 481 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Hmm... I took a look through main.cpp and didn't see anything that would cause trouble under windows. I'll run it through visual studio and see what breaks.

09-03-11, 02:10 PM	#5
magicstix Captain Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Nuclear submarine under the North Pole Posts: 481 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Which version of SDL are you using? The latest doesnt have the SDL subdirectory tree nor does it have SDL_image.h

09-03-11, 02:12 PM	#6
magicstix Captain Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Nuclear submarine under the North Pole Posts: 481 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Nevermind... I didn't know it was a second library.

09-03-11, 02:24 PM	#7
magicstix Captain Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Nuclear submarine under the North Pole Posts: 481 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	OK thus far the biggest problems in getting openSSN to compile under MSVC are its use of non-standard C functions. The biggest offenders are strcasestr and snprintf. They're not in the C89 standard (which MSVC uses). I'm working around them at the moment with macros. The other offender is "unistd.h" which is a unix-only header file. I've gotten around this with #ifndef WIN32..#endif preventing the compiler from attempting to include the header. MSVC supports the types defined in it natively.

02-10-12, 09:50 AM	#8
CTarana Bosun Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 68 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	I would definately be interested in seeing OpenSSN ported over to WindowsXP, Vista or 7. I use XP myself and the last version of OpenSSN I have works great. I have version 0.7. I just installed copies of MinGW C++ and Microsoft Visual Studio 8 for another project I'm working on. I'm trying to teach myself C++ and Visual Basic so I can port an older Visual Basic 5.5 program and finish it! ChristopherT

02-12-12, 01:14 PM	#10
CTarana Bosun Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 68 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	Where do I install the SDL libraries if I'm going to try to use MinGW C++ to try to compile the source code for version 1.1 of OpenSSN? Mind you this is the first time I've used any sort of compiler! I'm running on WinXP! Thanks! ChristopherT